Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CHENNAI: Asserting that everyone has freedom of expression and Manusmriti is not a statute book to be read only in a particular way, the Madras High Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking to disqualify Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader T Thirumavalavan as a Lok Sabha member. The bench dismissed the plea as
Source:-https://theprint.in New Delhi: The Madras High Court has suggested death penalty as punishment for corrupt practices such as demanding bribes and asked the central government to consider amending the law to impose stringent penalties to check corruption. A division bench of justices N. Kirubakaran and B. Pugalendhi gave its order Monday, while hearing a public
Source:-https://www.dnaindia.com The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court rejected the bail plea of Raghu Ganesh and Murugan, the police personnel of the Sathankulam Police station, who had been arrested along with eight other cops in connection with the Jayaraj-Bennix father-son duo custodial deaths case in June. The accused sought bail on the grounds that
Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The other day a Madras High Court judge lamented that India, the holy land, has become the land of rapists, where a rape is happening every 15 minutes. Justice Kirubakaran, his name literally meaning merciful, made the observation while hearing a petition relating to the gang-rape of a migrant labourer in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur,
Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CHENNAI: IN a temporary relief to the State, the Madras High Court has permitted a tender for mining black granite in Dharmapuri. However, the court said that the State shall not execute the lease deed in favour of the successful bidder by handing over possession of sites. A two-member bench passed the directions on
Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com. MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court issued guidelines to be followed by revenue officials during surveying and resurveying of lands. The court also directed the Tamil Nadu government to issue a circular in this regard within a month. Justice S Vaidyanathan said that if authorities fail to conduct the survey or
Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com MADURAI: A day after Chief Minister Edappadi Planiswami sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to direct Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to include Master’s degree in Tamil as one of the minimum qualifications for admissions to Pandit Denndayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archeology, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court
Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) when its authorities would release a report on the excavations conducted by the body in Tamil Nadu. A Bench, comprising Justices N Kirubakaran and B Pugalendhi, observed that the ASI has so far conducted excavations in nearly 26
Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Tuesday censured the Chennai city corporation for blocking houses of COVID-19 patients in the city by raising tin sheets without any scientific evidence. A division bench of the Madras High Court raised several queries on the practice and directed the Chennai Corporation Commissioner to appear before it by
Source:-newindianexpress MADURAI: The Court Hall No. 12 of the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court was still active when the clock ticked towards eight on Thursday evening — the last day of the three-month sitting that began in July. While it is not unusual to witness judges put in extra hours, what made Thursday special
